weapon of mass disruption

weapon of mass disruption (plural weapons of mass disruption)

1. A weapon used to create large-scale disruption instead of destruction.

   Coordinate term: weapon of mass destruction

   • 2009, Susan W. Brenner, Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47:

     When terrorists use computer technology as a weapon of mass disruption, their goal is to undermine a civilian populace's faith in stability and reliability of essential infrastructure components such as mass transit, power supplies, communications, financial institutions, and health care services.